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[Q] is it possible to connect a hard drive

is it possible to connect a hard drive to the dock
i have a 250gb WD hard drive
and how
thanks in advance

daniel9522 said:
is it possible to connect a hard drive to the dock
i have a 250gb WD hard drive
and how
thanks in advance
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Goto youtube and search Asus Transformer - USB, Wireless Mouse, SD Card, External HD
I'm using the Logitech M570 wireless trackball. As far as external HD, I was able to insert a usb flash drive and it recognized it right away.

I tested my TF with a 500 GB portable HD (Western Digital) today, and it worked flawlessly. I was initially unsure if the tablet would be able to power the HD, but no probs on that count.
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daniel9522 said:
is it possible to connect a hard drive to the dock
i have a 250gb WD hard drive
and how
thanks in advance
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Yes, just plug it in and it should be detected without any problem. I have a 500GB 2 1/2 inch external drive with a single usb lead which provides power and data and it worked first time and works great for viewing larger hd movies that would be impractical to store on microsd.
Im assuming you mean an external Hard Drive or do you just have an internal drive you want to connect?
Mark.

it recognized for like half a second

daniel9522 said:
it recognized for like half a second
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What type of external HardDrive are you trying to connect (2.5inch or 3.5inch)?
Which file system is it formatted with?
Mark.

daniel9522 said:
it recognized for like half a second
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If your form factor is 2.5 inch then you power it by the USB
If it's a 3.5 you'll have to power it externally via it's supplied power cable
I use a Seagate 1tb 2.5 and it doesn't matter if i format to HTFS or FAT32 it all works good
My micro SD cards are only recognised if formated to FAT32

daniel9522 said:
is it possible to connect a hard drive to the dock
i have a 250gb WD hard drive
and how
thanks in advance
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Lots of posts on success doing this. search>

unable to format HTFS or FAT32
only ntfs

daniel9522 said:
unable to format HTFS or FAT32
only ntfs
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Why are you unable to format to Fat32?
Mark.

i tried something else and now i can format ntfs and exfat
but ex fat also wont read on the tf

thanks for all the help
i install] Netformer...eating all the pies, Testing: 1.5
and formatted my hdd to ntfs
and it is opening up on my TF

Hello, Is it possible to connect the WD external HD( external power source) to the usb on the screen part of the tablet. Thank you

braudia said:
Hello, Is it possible to connect the WD external HD( external power source) to the usb on the screen part of the tablet. Thank you
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Try it and see
Mark.

Im just hoping to get a usb adapto an be able to connect a hd directly to my tablet...
For movies in the road

I can get my dog to walk on his hind legs. It's amusing but has no practical purpose, such as you are suggesting.

Paper that comes with USB adapter states 'flash memory up to 32gb formatted fat32' not tried anything else yet...
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How to get this working....

Not sure if this should be here or in accessories thread but....
I have the samsung usb/sd card adapters
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0051D3KMG/ref=mp_s_a_1?qid=1355938585&sr=8-1&pi=SL75
and also a Western Digital external usb harddrive
www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B004445JHC/ref=mp_s_a_1?qid=1355938748&sr=8-6&pi=SL75
I cant get the harddrive to connect to my Note 10.1... keeps saying something about high power device???
Now is there a way to get this working??? On my old tablet (original Sony Tablet S) I could just connect the harddrive via an adaptor and it was visible and usable!!!
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Only way would be to modify the USB cable so the drive is powered by another power source I would say.

I'm not sure that will work either. I tried a modified Y cable that has separate power and the HDD is still not recognised on JB on my One-X.
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[Q] compability externall hdd with note 10.1

Can any one help ?
I want to know a way that i will can to connect my note 10.1 to portable external hdd without power adaptor by the otg cable ?
This is important problem for me

eafar1366 said:
Can any one help ?
I want to know a way that i will can to connect my note 10.1 to portable external hdd without power adaptor by the otg cable ?
This is important problem for me
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If it's part of your home network and you have WiFi, you can use es file explorer to connect your note to your home network to transfer files. If you want wireless access for a drive that you can carry with you, you might want to checkout Kingston's wireless portable drives.

mke1973 said:
If it's part of your home network and you have WiFi, you can use es file explorer to connect your note to your home network to transfer files. If you want wireless access for a drive that you can carry with you, you might want to checkout Kingston's wireless portable drives.
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No i want only connect portable hard drive to my n8000 . I need to use this
Why no one have not solution for this ?

You note will not accept an external HDD as it has some sort of safety device built in to protect against device over drawing also do not try to plug in HDD with an external power supply one member tried it and it fried his note.
Just connect it to a network or use a direct wifi apps from play store which are more easy to transfer data, another way is to install All share on your laptop and share the folders

I connected my powered 1 terribite hdd by connecting the hdd to the power supply, connecting a powered hub to my note through an otg cable and plugging the hdd into the hub and works fine.
If your hdd isn't powered you may still be able to use it but you need a powered hub.
I also use paragon ntfs app as my hdd is only ntfs and not fat32
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Ok I have never tried that and will never try after i saw what one of the member wrote and he was a senior member

samir_a said:
Ok I have never tried that and will never try after i saw what one of the member wrote and he was a senior member
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Well to be honest I've never heard of such a thing and if the power is too much it will just tell you and not blow up the note
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Samsungnooby said:
I connected my powered 1 terribite hdd by connecting the hdd to the power supply, connecting a powered hub to my note through an otg cable and plugging the hdd into the hub and works fine.
If your hdd isn't powered you may still be able to use it but you need a powered hub.
I also use paragon ntfs app as my hdd is only ntfs and not fat32
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What is your suggestion powered hub ? What must be Voltage and ampere ?
I want no damage occure on my device .

eafar1366 said:
What is your suggestion powered hub ? What must be Voltage and ampere ?
I want no damage occure on my device .
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I just got a cheap powered hub from tesco made by belkin 14.99 it's only 5 amp fuse
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The Kingston WIFI drive is what I may get next year. It's self powered and comes in a variety of sizes. Here's a link with info.
http://www.kingston.com/us/usb/wireless

is it possible that one model of brands need a low ampere and compability with n8000 without the external power ?

How to connect usb 3.0 to galaxy note 10.1

I have a HDD 3.0 and I want to connect it to my galaxy note 10.1, but it isn't successful (usb 2.0 is ok). What must I do?

Hi,
Make sure the drive is formatted to Fat32.
If you are rooted you can use the paragon ntfs app.
Cheers
JK
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joker1973 said:
Hi,
Make sure the drive is formatted to Fat32.
If you are rooted you can use the paragon ntfs app.
Cheers
JK
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It's not successful. My HDD is 1Tb, so it's too big for note 10?

cobra83hp said:
It's not successful. My HDD is 1Tb, so it's too big for note 10?
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Correct. Note 10.1 does not have the power to handle a hdd, only flash drives.
You could try streaming from the drive to your note over wifi? Although that would only help at home.
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joker1973 said:
Correct. Note 10.1 does not have the power to handle a hdd, only flash drives.
You could try streaming from the drive to your note over wifi? Although that would only help at home.
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Use a hdd that has its own power.

cobra83hp said:
I have a HDD 3.0 and I want to connect it to my galaxy note 10.1, but it isn't successful (usb 2.0 is ok). What must I do?
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Are you asking how to connect the HDD to your Note 10.1 or how to connect it AND get USB 3.0 speeds? I see you say that USB 2.0 is ok, so does that mean you can get it connected?
If you're trying to get a USB 3.0 connection, you won't be able to unless your Note 10.1 USB adapter supports USB 3.0.

darksabre_x said:
Are you asking how to connect the HDD to your Note 10.1 or how to connect it AND get USB 3.0 speeds? I see you say that USB 2.0 is ok, so does that mean you can get it connected?
If you're trying to get a USB 3.0 connection, you won't be able to unless your Note 10.1 USB adapter supports USB 3.0.
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Yes, I'm asking how to connect the HDD 3.0 to my Note 10.1. I tried to connect it to Asus Slider, it's ok. Samsung doesn't support for Note 10.1, while Note 10.1's hardware configuration is stronger than Asus Slider

cobra83hp said:
Yes, I'm asking how to connect the HDD 3.0 to my Note 10.1. I tried to connect it to Asus Slider, it's ok. Samsung doesn't support for Note 10.1, while Note 10.1's hardware configuration is stronger than Asus Slider
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Do you have any other USB hard drives or USB flash drives you can try? It sounds like a problem with your adapter. What kind of adapter are you using to get a USB port on your Note 10.1?

darksabre_x said:
Do you have any other USB hard drives or USB flash drives you can try? It sounds like a problem with your adapter. What kind of adapter are you using to get a USB port on your Note 10.1?
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I tried with usb flash and it's ok. Adapter I'm using is origin from chine

Hold up, you have a USB 2 USB flash drive that works or a USB 2 HDD that works?
No-one that's been on here has said they can get a portable HDD working. A message, "High Powered USB Device Has Been Detected" comes up and the HDD doesn't work. It has to be a powered HDD...
So, if you can get a USB 2 HDD working, powered by the Note, we want to know what brand, size and adaptor brand and where you got it...
Otherwise, no you can't use a Portable HDDon the note 10.1 unless it's powered... Forget USB 2 or 3, it just won't work...

ultramag69 said:
So, if you can get a USB 2 HDD working, powered by the Note, we want to know what brand, size and adaptor brand and where you got it...
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Amen to that. My now-departed Toshiba THRiVE 10.1 had that capability and I miss having that feature on my Note.

Not sure you be lucky to get USB 3.0 to work since Note 10.1 has a 2.0 USB.
USB 3.0 is not backward compatible, same with PC that have only USB 2
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hygradeb said:
Not sure you be lucky to get USB 3.0 to work since Note 10.1 has a 2.0 USB.
USB 3.0 is not backward compatible, same with PC that have only USB 2
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USB 3.0 IS backward compatible with USB 2.0. I have a USB 3.0 HDD plugged into my PC's USB 2.0 ports right now. I just don't get USB 3.0 transfer speeds.
I'm with the majority on this one. I don't believe that the HDD being used is an externally powered HDD. The Note 10.1 can not power a USB HDD that large.

cobra83hp said:
I have a HDD 3.0 and I want to connect it to my galaxy note 10.1, but it isn't successful (usb 2.0 is ok). What must I do?
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USB 3.0 is compatible with USB 2.0.
The only problem is HDD power and file system.
get a IDE/SATA to USB 2.0 Cable! or a USB Y cable.
so you can supply extra power to HDD.
also OTG Cable:
APP: Paragon NTFS & HFS+

flymouse said:
USB 3.0 is compatible with USB 2.0.
The only problem is HDD power and file system.
get a IDE/SATA to USB 2.0 Cable! or a USB Y cable.
so you can supply extra power to HDD.
also OTG Cable:
APP: Paragon NTFS & HFS+
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Thus negating the portability of the note... If I want a Desktop I'll use the one I have already....
Only other option is to use a wifi enabled HDD (like Seagate Goflex satellite Pro in both 500Gb or 1Tb versions now)... Works fine but REALLY eats into your battery life....

Anybody ever tried with an external usb drive with ssd?
Still cheaper than sd cards and more convenient, but don't know if power from the note is sufficient
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Bit expensive for something I can use a hell of a lot cheaper usb drive for... Not even sure it would work if the note detects its a HDD..

The problem is not that it's a hdd (a friend of mine has a 250gb drive which works fine when attached to my note, though it's not manufactured anymore), the problem is power. As i assume that an external drive with a ssd draws less power, it *should* work, but before actually buying one, I'd like to be sure
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shouldn't this be a kernel problem ?
i also can trick my note to accept my xbox360 controller even while it should give the same message about high performance device.
(first i attach the x360 controller to the otg cabel and then i attach the otg cabel to my note...it works :victory
however i cant get my hdd to works with that method but many other tablets have no problems with high performance devices and thats because there is no restriction in the kernel.
is there a kernel for the note 10.1 that handles this problem ?

layercake87 said:
shouldn't this be a kernel problem ?
i also can trick my note to accept my xbox360 controller even while it should give the same message about high performance device.
(first i attach the x360 controller to the otg cabel and then i attach the otg cabel to my note...it works :victory
however i cant get my hdd to works with that method but many other tablets have no problems with high performance devices and thats because there is no restriction in the kernel.
is there a kernel for the note 10.1 that handles this problem ?
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with the use of a ssd i wanted to circumvent the use of another kernel, because hopefully the ssd just doesnt need that much power. However i'm not certain about that, hence the question
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ah someone else talking bout it http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2307088

External hard drive support

Hey,
I would like to connect an external 2.5" hard drive to my Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1. I have the original samsung adapter kit, but I read that it won't be possible because the tablet has not enough power output for an external hard drive. I don't want to risk breaking my hard drive or tablet so that's why I ask here first. Would it work if I connect one USB plug of the y-cable to the tablet and the other one into a powerbank?
How did you solve this problem?
Thanks in advance
lukas12153

Some drives have ability to use their own power supply. Look for one that does.
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